A new program could keep the Spokane Salish language alive

After two years in an immersion program, nine graduates are at varying levels of "conversationally fluent" in Spokane Salish.

The number of fluent Spokane Salish speakers has more than doubled after the first graduation of a pilot adult immersion program: 'This is historic'

Felicia Pichette was overjoyed the first time her grandson told her "no." It wasn't what he said, but how he said it: in Spokane Salish, the endangered Indigenous language of the Spokane tribe.
KCCI Des Moines

After 7 years, 26 Central Iowa students graduate from dual language Spanish program

PROVIDE LOCALLY. BENTON STACEY MARCUS, THANK YOU. SEVEN YEARS AGO, A WEST DES MOINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STARTED A SPANISH IMMERSION PILOT PROGRAM FOR 26 STUDENTS. THIS IS SO COOL. NOW, THE INAUGURAL ...
NBC Montana

UM program sees cuts, layoffs to DOD language training program

MISSOULA, Mont. — Layoffs are coming to a University of Montana program that gives language training to personnel at the Department of Defense after the federal government elected to stay open via ...
The New York Times

How to Pick Up the Local Language Before You Go

Speaking — even trying to speak — a language will help open doors on your next trip, and achieving a “survival level” might be easier than you think. By Ruffin Prevost There are plenty of reasons to ...
The Salt Lake Tribune

West High could drop a key language program from its celebrated IB program

Ninth grader Shelby Gan commutes up to 40 minutes via FrontRunner from her home in Kaysville to attend Salt Lake City’s West High School. She and her family lived in Logan before they decided to move ...